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Waves of new customers are filling prescriptions and buying cosmetics, vitamins and other traditional health and pharmaceutical products on the Net, according to a new study by research firm ActivMedia.

Twenty-seven airline companies, led by American Airlines, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, and Delta Airlines, have banded together to form a travel Web site that will offer online discounted fares and ticketing.

Online grocer HomeRuns.com announced today that The Cypress Group, a private equity firm, has purchased a $100 million (US$) majority stake in the Somerville, Massachusetts-based company.

NBC Internet (Nasdaq: NBCI) announced an e-commerce venture today with Asiacontent.com Ltd to create a Pacific Rim Web gateway, while separately announcing an agreement with Australia's Seven Network Ltd (ASX: SEV) to develop broadband and e-commerce initiatives.

Linux vendor Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) announced this week that it has begun shipping a new version of its Linux OS for Compaq Alpha computer systems.

Web application platform vendor Allaire Corp. (Nasdaq: ALLR) moved to accelerate its e-commerce strategy this week by striking a strategic partnership with MERANT (Nasdaq: MRNT) to deliver data access and integration applications to its fledgling ColdFusion cross-platform Web application server prod...

After enduring a flood of negative publicity over a string of high-profile holiday failures, Toys "R" Us is now facing a class action lawsuit brought by a Seattle, Washington attorney.

According to a new study by management consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), business-to-business (B2B) purchasing in the United States will grow by 33 percent per year and reach $2.8 trillion (US$) in transaction value by 2003.

Amazon.com is reportedly among a group of several investors that is pumping $100 million (US$) into a startup bicycle delivery company called Kozmo.com, Inc.

The giant merger between Time Warner and America Online is poised to change the business landscape forever, and e-commerce is going to play an integral role in that transformation. In fact, AOL President Robert Pittman was quoted as saying that the merger will allow the two firms to "blow the roof o...

Tokyo-based e-Convenience Co. Ltd will soon provide Japanese consumers with the ability to buy groceries over the Internet, with delivery in two to three hours after the order.

Sports.com Limited, a European sports content provider, announced today that elite athletes Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Shaquille O'Neal will lend some of their considerable resources and name recognition to a second-round funding of the company.

E-Stamp Corp. announced today that it has signed a three-year agreement to exclusively sell postage through online auctioneer eBay's Web site.

Zale Corp, one of North America's largest specialty jewelry retailer, will add the sparkle of diamonds to WeddingChannel.com's online wedding planning service.

Prosecutors attempting to decide the fate of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) following a court finding that the software giant constitutes a monopoly, reportedly have suggested a break-up of the company into at least two separate components.